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27 December 2015

Gentiloni: IS will try to strike again but on the ground it’s losing. The Union must change, it’s too rigid (La Repubblica)

Minister Paolo Gentiloni, 2015 seems to have been marked from start to finish by the challenge posed by Da’esh. Now the “caliph” ” al-Baghdadi has appeared again and is saying that the US and Russian raids have not weakened it. “Al Baghdadi’s message, quite apart from the necessary verification, which requires more time, aims to […]

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23 December 2015

Minister Gentiloni visits Kosovo

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni is in Kosovo today, 23 December 2015, to meet the Italian contingent of the Kosovo Force (KFOR) NATO mission and the Multinational Specialized Unit. Minister Gentiloni will also be visiting the KFOR mission in Pristina. During his visit, the Minister will meet the President of the Republic, Jahjaga, and the Deputy […]

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Press Releases

18 December 2015

Italy and European Commission launch first Trust Fund Africa project

One month on from the Euro-Africa summit in La Valletta, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica and MFAIC Director General for Development Cooperation Giampaolo Cantini signed the first contract within the context of the EU Trust Fund regarding the deep-seated causes of migration from Africa. By this agreement, the European Commission delegates […]

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Press Releases

18 December 2015

Italy and European Commission launch first Trust Fund Africa project

One month on from the Euro-Africa summit in La Valletta, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica and MFAIC Director General for Development Cooperation Giampaolo Cantini signed the first contract within the context of the EU Trust Fund regarding the deep-seated causes of migration from Africa. By this agreement, the European Commission delegates […]

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Press Releases

28 November 2015

Joint Statement on Libya by the Governments of Algeria, France, Germany, Italy, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States

The Governments of Algeria, France, Germany, Italy, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States welcome the statement of support for a Government of National Accord in Libya signed by the majority of House of Representatives (HoR) members on November 24 and note that a majority of General National […]

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Press Releases

15 October 2015

Italy-Romania: Della Vedova in Mission to Bucharest

The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Benedetto Della Vedova, arrived in Bucharest today, 15 October 2015, for a two-day mission to Romania. During his visit, the Under-Secretary will meet  the Foreign Minister, Bogdan Aurescu; the Minister for Public Finance, Eugen Orlando Teodorovici; the Deputy Foreign Minister, Daniel Ionita; and the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, […]

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Press Releases

9 October 2015

Joint Statement on Libya by the Governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States:

The Governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States affirm their full support to the final text of a framework for a Government of National Accord and the Libyan leaders who will form this government, chosen by Libyan delegates after prolonged and difficult negotiations facilitated by Bernardino Leon and the […]

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Interviews

9 October 2015

Gentiloni: «Italian letter to founder countries to build a Europe of two levels» (Corriere della Sera)

“It is no secret that Libya is more on our minds than Syria. There has been no decision to bomb Iraq. Much less to hide it from or not inform the Parliament”. The place is Milan, Via Solferino, the offices of Corriere della Sera, and Minister Paolo Gentiloni winds up a day in Lombardy that […]

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23 September 2015

Gentiloni meets Ambassadors of EU countries

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, today addressed the traditional meeting of ambassadors of European Union member states. The meeting, which took place in Rome, was organised by the Luxembourg Presidency. After the outcome of the meeting of EU home affairs ministers yesterday, 22 September 2015, and in the run-up to […]

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Interviews

14 September 2015

Gentiloni: «Too much pressure on Italy and Germany, either Europe acts or we’re over the cliff» (la Repubblica)

Minister Paolo Gentiloni, your country has long known the tragedy of refugees in the Mediterranean, but Italy’s voice has not been heard. Has it not been loud enough? «It is sad that Europe needs a tragedy to get moving. The fact is, however, that last April, when a boatload capsized in the Mediterranean, killing hundreds, […]

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10 September 2015

Common rules on repatriation and the right to asylum, urges Gentiloni

Italy is working on a review of the Dublin agreement for a European right to asylum and common rules on repatriation, Foreign Minister Gentiloni has told the Chamber of Deputies. The Minister was speaking during the session on the future of the European Union, on which, he observed, “we have our compass pointing in a […]

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10 September 2015

Common rules on repatriation and the right to asylum, urges Gentiloni

Italy is working on a review of the Dublin agreement for a European right to asylum and common rules on repatriation, Foreign Minister Gentiloni has told the Chamber of Deputies. The Minister was speaking during the session on the future of the European Union, on which, he observed, “we have our compass pointing in a […]

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